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Abijah became king of Judah during the eighteenth year Jeroboam son of Nebat was king of Israel.
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Abijah ruled in Jerusalem for three years. His mother was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
3
He did all the same sins his father before him had done. Abijah was not faithful to the Lord his God as David, his great-grandfather, had been.
4
Because the Lord loved David, the Lord gave him a kingdom in Jerusalem and allowed him to have a son to be king after him. The Lord also kept Jerusalem safe.
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David always did what the Lord said was right and obeyed his commands all his life, except the one time when David sinned against Uriah the Hittite.
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There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam during Abijah's lifetime.
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Everything else Abijah did is written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah. During the time Abijah ruled, there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
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Abijah died and was buried in Jerusalem, and his son Asa became king in his place.
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During the twentieth year Jeroboam was king of Israel, Asa became king of Judah.